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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. dragonofmercy/phppdf ActiveLibrary[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) dragonofmercy/phppdf ==================== Modern PHP library for PDF generation. v1.12.0(4w ago)1639MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing Since May 29Pushed 1mo agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dragonofmercy/phppdf)[ RSS](/packages/dragonofmercy-phppdf/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 3w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (6)Versions (16)Used By (0) [![phppdf - modern PHP 8.4 library for PDF generation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/main/.github/og-image.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/main/.github/og-image.png) phppdf ====== [](#phppdf) [![Latest Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c150a351cb14d8ab25f678a6f2f73e61e17ecf2c84118f4108dd411b5cc0ae2e/68747470733a2f2f62616467656e2e6e65742f7061636b61676973742f762f647261676f6e6f666d657263792f706870706466)](https://packagist.org/packages/dragonofmercy/phppdf)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/983542d0cba74d403d655461f550e601d23cd73d05c80b48a8e81f44b1a9f2dc/68747470733a2f2f62616467656e2e6e65742f7061636b61676973742f64742f647261676f6e6f666d657263792f706870706466)](https://packagist.org/packages/dragonofmercy/phppdf)[![PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0b960b189c8f41e855c2da88b3eace47fd32ddeeba2079c6d3bdef79c171b484/68747470733a2f2f62616467656e2e6e65742f7061636b61676973742f7068702f647261676f6e6f666d657263792f7068707064663f69636f6e3d706870)](https://www.php.net/)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cc3736bb59177c3a14a9a69ccac14db38abb20e5689c8f01c10d586f52a69f13/68747470733a2f2f62616467656e2e6e65742f7061636b61676973742f6c6963656e73652f647261676f6e6f666d657263792f706870706466)](LICENSE)[![Ko-fi](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7a981a96a3766e463291eb835bb54c0cbaaa83268bbcb2afb9a8a4aabb3abfca/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4b6f2d2d66692d537570706f72742d4646354535423f6c6f676f3d6b6f6669266c6f676f436f6c6f723d7768697465)](https://ko-fi.com/dragonofmercy) Modern PHP 8.4 library for PDF generation. Pure PHP, no external runtime dependencies beyond the standard `mbstring`, `openssl`, and `zlib` extensions. > **Status:** stable (1.0). The public API follows [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/); breaking changes are reserved for the next major version. See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md). What works today ---------------- [](#what-works-today) A quick tour - each feature has a full guide in the [wiki](#documentation). **Create** - ๐Ÿ“„ **Documents** - 19 standard sizes (ISO A0-A7, B4 / B5, C-series envelopes, Letter / Legal / Tabloid / Executive / Half-Letter) plus custom sizes, portrait or landscape, multi-page, metadata, AES-256 password protection, viewer hints. - ๐Ÿ“ **Coordinates** - millimetres by default (origin top-left), or PDF points via `Unit::PT`. - โœ๏ธ **Graphics** - lines, rectangles, circles, paths, fill / stroke, dashes, caps / joins, transforms. - ๐Ÿ”ค **Text** - the 12 standard fonts, multi-line, configurable leading, full Western Latin, exact width measurement. - ๐Ÿ”ก **Custom fonts** - register TrueType / OpenType families with full Unicode (Latin / Greek / Cyrillic / CJK), selectable text, automatic glyph subsetting. - ๐Ÿ“ฆ **Cells** - text boxes with borders, fill, padding, alignment (left / center / right / justify), word-wrap, three width-fit modes. - ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ **Images** - JPEG and PNG (all color types, transparency), embedded once and placed anywhere. - ๐ŸŽจ **SVG** - fully vector: shapes, paths, gradients, patterns, clipping, masks, CSS styling, selectable `` / ``, pure-PHP ``. - ๐Ÿ”ข **Barcodes & QR** - 1D (EAN-13 / 8, Code 128 / 39 / 93, UPC-A, ITF) and 2D (QR, Aztec, DataMatrix, PDF417), pure-PHP and vector. - ๐Ÿ“ **Markdown** - a CommonMark core subset, flowing with automatic page breaks or inside an auto-sized cell, styleable via `MarkdownStyle`. - ๐Ÿ“Š **Tables** - data grids via `Page::table()`: fixed or `fill` columns, repeated headers, zebra striping, borders, per-cell styling, column spanning, grouped headers. - ๐Ÿงฑ **Multi-column layout** - flow `cell()` and `markdown()` across equal-width columns with `$page->columns(...)`. - ๐Ÿ”– **Bookmarks & hyperlinks** - a nested table-of-contents sidebar and clickable URL / page areas. - ๐Ÿงพ **Interactive forms** - text fields, checkboxes, radios, dropdowns, listboxes, buttons, with per-field styling, JavaScript actions, and field linking. - โœ๏ธ **Digital signatures** - real PKCS#7 / CMS via `Document::sign()`, RFC 3161 timestamps, multiple signers, PAdES B-B / B-T, and LTV building blocks. **Right-to-left & accessibility** - ๐Ÿ” **Right-to-left text** - Unicode bidi reordering (UAX #9) plus Arabic cursive shaping (contextual forms + lam-alef ligatures) on cells, tables, and Markdown; per-document, per-cell, or per-block direction. - ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ **PDF/A archival** - PDF/A-1 (PDF 1.4-based, levels 1b / 1a, transparency rejected), PDF/A-2, PDF/A-3 (levels b / u / a), and PDF 2.0-based PDF/A-4 (+ A-4f) with one `enablePdfA()` call, veraPDF-validated; A-3 / A-4f embed Factur-X / ZUGFeRD e-invoices. - โ™ฟ **Tagged PDF & PDF/UA-1** - opt-in tagging via `enableTagging()`; `enablePdfUA()` produces veraPDF-validated PDF/UA-1 with artifacts, figure alt text, table header scopes, and tagged hyperlinks. **Read & modify existing PDFs** - ๐Ÿ“– **Reading** - `PdfReader` parses PDFs including encrypted ones (RC4 40/128-bit, AES-128, AES-256); pass an optional password or omit it for permissions-only encryption. Classic xref tables, cross-reference streams, incremental revisions, object streams, and common filters. - ๐Ÿงฉ **Template import (FPDI-style)** - `Document::importPdf()` + `Page::template()` stamp any source page as a background or overlay: letterheads, watermarks, scanned-form fills. Encrypted source PDFs are supported (optional password). - ๐Ÿ”ง **Modifying** - `PdfEditor::open()` saves changes as appended revisions, leaving the original bytes (and any signatures) intact: edit metadata, add pages, delete and reorder pages (bookmarks and links pointing at a removed page are cleaned up automatically), sign, timestamp, and enable LTV. Editing encrypted PDFs is supported - pass an optional password; signing an encrypted PDF is not yet supported. - ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ **Filling AcroForm fields** - inspect and `setField()` text / checkbox / radio / combobox / listbox values; each filled field gets a generated appearance. Fields that use a font embedded in the document (not only the standard 14) are supported too. `flattenFields()` freezes filled forms into static page content (all fields or a named subset; signature and button fields are kept). Works on encrypted PDFs. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require dragonofmercy/phppdf ``` Quick start ----------- [](#quick-start) ``` use DragonOfMercy\PhpPdf\Document; $pdf = new Document(); $pdf->addPage(); $pdf->save('out.pdf'); ``` `$pdf->output()` returns the PDF bytes as a string instead of writing to disk. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Full usage documentation lives in the [wiki](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki): - [Getting Started](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Getting-Started), [Examples](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Examples) - [Text and Fonts](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Text-and-Fonts), [Cells](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Cells), [Tables](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Tables), [Graphics](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Graphics), [Images](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Images) - [Barcodes and QR Codes](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Barcodes-and-QR-Codes), [SVG Support](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/SVG-Support) - [Markdown](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Markdown), [Bookmarks and Hyperlinks](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Bookmarks-and-Hyperlinks), [Viewer Preferences](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Viewer-Preferences), [Metadata and Encryption](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Metadata-and-Encryption) - [Interactive Forms](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Interactive-Forms), [Digital Signatures](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Digital-Signatures), [PDF/A Conformance](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/PDF-A-Conformance) - Internals and contributing: [Architecture](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Internals-Architecture), [Contributing](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Contributing) Development ----------- [](#development) The library source lives under `build/`. To get started: ``` git clone https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf.git cd php-pdf/build composer install composer check # PHPStan (level max) + PHPUnit ``` See the [Contributing](https://github.com/dragonofmercy/php-pdf/wiki/Contributing) wiki page for coding conventions, golden fixture workflow, and how to add new features. License ------- [](#license) MIT - see [LICENSE](LICENSE). Support ------- [](#support) If this project helps to increase your productivity, you can give me a cup of coffee :) [![Donate](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2df914a0101385fd5196ed05218772a0e5f8211fd309ee00367069b730a06b7d/68747470733a2f2f63646e2e6b6f2d66692e636f6d2f63646e2f6b6f6669322e706e673f763d33)](https://ko-fi.com/dragonofmercy) ### Health Score 47 โ€” FairBetter than 93% of packages Maintenance92 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity17 Limited adoption so far Community6 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity59 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits โ€” single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** โ€” Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** โ€” Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** โ€” Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** โ€” Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~2 days Total 15 Last Release 28d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/196e1196b041461d3992389e5b7d2d6aa2d06fc7c3acaab9a2007b642d08fa2d?d=identicon)[dragonofmercy](/maintainers/dragonofmercy) --- Top Contributors [![dragonofmercy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/140013?v=4)](https://github.com/dragonofmercy "dragonofmercy (830 commits)") --- Tags lib-pdfpdfpdf-generatorphp-pdfpdfpdf-writerpdf-generation ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/dragonofmercy-phppdf/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/dragonofmercy-phppdf/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/dragonofmercy-phppdf) ``` ### Alternatives [barryvdh/laravel-dompdf A DOMPDF Wrapper for Laravel 7.3k99.4M403](/packages/barryvdh-laravel-dompdf)[tecnickcom/tcpdf Deprecated legacy PDF engine for PHP. 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